Clip for silver-ware cases



(No Model.)

H. & WLSIEBERT. CLIP FOR SILVERIWARE GASES.

No. 408,935. Patented Aug 13, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY SIEBERT AND IVILLIAM SIEBERT, OF BAYONNE, NEV JERSEY.

CLIP FOR SILVER-WARE CASES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 408,935, dated August 13, 1889.

Application filed May 11, 1889.

[Zo all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY SIEBERT and \VILLIAM SIEBERT, both of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Clip for Silver-Tare Cases, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to clips for si1verware cases, the object of the invention being to provide a clip which may be used to retain articles having shanks of different widths; and to the end named the invention consists, essentially, of a supporting-block arranged for connection with a case, and U-shaped springs that are bolted to the block, the free ends of said springs extending over the upper face of the block and toward each other, as will be hereinafter more fully explained, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

\Ve are aware that clips for silver-ware cases have heretofore been formed of a single spring strip that was secured to a block adapted for connection with a case, the free ends of the spring-strip extending toward each other from the central section of the strip, which said central section rested upon the top of the block; but such a construction as the one just referred to is not adapted to closely hold articles having shanks of different widths.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenee indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective View of a case, representing the same as it appears when provided with our improved clip. Fig. 2 is a side view of the clip. Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof. Fig. 4 is a view of the opposite edge, and Fig. 5 is a erosssectional view of one of the strips.

In the drawings, 10 represents a block, and 11 spring-strips that are bent to U form, the bends being so proportioned that after bending the strips will have long legs a and short legs I). The long legs a are placed against the side edges of the block 10, and there clamped to place by a bolt 12, which passes through apertures formed in the strips, and through a corresponding aperture formed in the block. In order that the strips 11 may Serial No. 310,390. (No model.)

be transversely supported, we provide a square washer 13, an d we so proportion the parts that when the nut 14, which the bolt 12 engages, is turned home its upper edge will be at right angles to the side edges of the strips.

In constructing a case such as the one shown in Fig. 1 the block 10 is secured within the case in the ordinary manner, and then covered with the case-lining, as usual.

In Fig. 1 we have represented the clip as it would appear if employed to hold an article having a very n arrow shank; but if it should be desired to hold an article having a wide shank the short legs I) of the strips 11 would be pressed apart, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the tendency of the spring would be to force the article downward.

Although not positively essential, we prefer that the strips 11 should be covered with a facing material, which is arranged as sh own in Fig. 5.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. The combination, with a block, of springstrips bent to U form and having long and short legs, and a means for clamping the long legs to the side faces of the block, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with strips bent to form legs a and b, of a block and a clamping-bolt, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a block, of strips formed with long and short legs, the long legs of the strips fitting against the side faces of the block, while the short legs overlap the upper face of the block, and a clamping-bolt, substantially as described.

4:. The combination, with a block, of strips formed with long and short legs, the long legs resting against the side faces of the block and the short legs overlapping the upperface of the'bloek, a clamping-bolt, a nut that is engaged by the bolt, and a washer through which the bolt passes, substantially as de scribed.

HENRY SIEBER'I. IVILLIAM SIEBERT. Vitnesses:

EUGENE CHEVALLIER, MARI A. CUMING. 

